India, May 19 -- The Supreme Court's critical observation on the denial of bail to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar and Delhi riots accused Umar Khalid could brighten his prospects of challenging the decision against him by filing a curative petition,a member of Khalid's legal team said.

Khalid, along with his co-accused Sharjeel Imam, were denied bail by the top court on January 5 by a two-judge bench of Supreme Court justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria. Later, Khalid preferred a review petition that met the same fate as it was declined by the judges sitting in chambers (not in open court) on April 16.

The last legal remedy left for Khalid to challenge the judgment against him is to file a curative petition. Such petitions a...